Mail
Definition of Mail
Pronunciation: māl | n. | 1. | A spot. | | 1. | A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. | | 2. | Rent; tribute. | | 1. | A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. | | 2. | Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering. | | 3. | (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage. | | 4. | (Zool.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. | | v. t. | 1. | To arm with mail. | | 2. | To pinion. | | n. | 1. | A bag; a wallet. | | 2. | The bag or bags with the letters, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. | | 3. | That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. | | 4. | A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. | | v. t. | 1. | To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter. |
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